Effect of Electroacupuncture Intervention on Expression of CGRP, SP, COX-1, and PGE2 of Dorsal Portion of the Cervical Spinal Cord in Rats with Neck-Incision Pain

Figure 4

Effect of EA stimulation of different acupoints on COX-1 mRNA (a) and protein (b) expression 4 h after neck incision in rats. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (𝑛=7), (ANOVA, followed by LSD post hoc test); ^⋆𝑃<0.05, compared with the normal group, ^▴𝑃<0.05, compared with the model group; ^▾𝑃<0.05, compared with the LI18 group; ^◆𝑃<0.05, compared with the LI4-PC6 group.

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